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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spreads” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
spreads103976(None) 
spread9312531spread_
bespreads1443502bespreads
breads95419202_breads
dispreads1346002dispreads
dreads84115022_dreads
lipreads1144222lipreads
oreads73915772_oreads
pleads94613952_pleads
reads64835272__reads
rereads81512292rereads
respreads1244522respreads
sapheads1466082sapheads
screaks13469362screaks
screams114810622screams
screeds106210292screeds
shreds105613052shre_ds
speaks125114582sp_eaks
speans85417142sp_eans
spears84019472sp_ears
speeds94316052sp_eeds
spends94714472sp_ends
spireas94412512spirea_s
sprags95715822spr_ags
sprats85819932spr_ats
sprays115913642spr_ays
spreader1137482spreader
spreaders1236502spreaders
sprees85620642spre_es
steads74116222s_teads
streaks114411272streaks
streams94713372streams
threads11419952threads
treads74817922_treads
uprears9107492uprears

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671353.29632667.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.68848452.0
 
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